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Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:13:43 -0700 (PDT)

 

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Multifaced Divine Sai

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"Chugani Ramchand Ghanshamdas" <rgcjp >

MULTIFACED DIVINE SAI

As Student

As a student he taught the world what a student ought to be. The transparency of

his friendship attracted them so close to him that they found it difficult to

live without him. He was intelligent, diligent, obedient, punctual and highly

respectful to his teachers. At the age of six he earned the name of Brahmajnani

for his erudition in the scriptural texts and at eight he became the 'Guru' of

his classmates. Baba mentions with a little regret only one instance in his

student career wherein he had to give a glimpse of his divinity to his own

teacher when the latter asked him to stand up on the bench for no fault of his

which counteracted to keep the teacher glued to the chair till he was made to

get down.

Even as a child He was only a giver and never a taker. He fulfilled every wish

of every friend, be it for pencil or sweets or peppermints. His Pandari Bhajan

group which conducted regular bhajans and drama troupe whom He had himself

trained to present skits and one - Act plays speaks for his histrionic talents

and organising ability even at that tender age. He taught them how to live

within their means by his own example. Ostentation was alien to him. He did all

the household chores, without demur even when they were far beyond his health

and age. He was easily the first to catch the eye of his teacher for any work

of importance in the school. At home, being the darling of grandfather Kondama

Raju, he, at the age of eight and nine, volunteered to cook tasty meals for

both. His father used to send for dishes prepared by Sathya as they excelled in

taste and flavour. Even neighbours asked for his pepper rasam.

Young Sai Ram was an ideal son too. Though he had broken the chain of attachment

with which the parents had bound him, he never failed to look after their needs.

Like any other mother, mother Easwaramma also had nurtured a desire for seeing

the top Hindu shrines of India though she never ventured to express the same,

for she had already begun to realise who her son was. But the all-knowing Lord

decided to take her on a pilgrimage (for her) to Ayodhya, Kasi and Prayag in

1960. This was closely followed by another to Badrinath in June 1961 which was

'indeed the acme of her ambition.'

Mother bore the strain of that arduous journey with pleasure, as Badrinath was a

fairyland for her as was for the rest. Kasturiji says: "Mother spent hours in

sitting inside the temple beside the idol, with a small group of her companions

wondering at the inexhaustible grandeur into which she had come. Swami brought

out the Linga He had willed to emerge from its receptacle under the stone idol

of Narayana in the holy shrine of Badrinath.This was gifted by Shiva at

Kailas to Sankaracharya who planted it here before he installed the Narayana",

Swami told the mother. "Why have you brought it out now?" queried the mother

innocently. "To charge it with the power to bless, to answer prayers, to grant

boons" replied Swami. Needless to say that the father also enjoyed the whole

episode.

In much later years Swami, like a dutiful son, enquired of His mother whether

She had any desire to be fulfilled. She told: "Swami, our Puttaparthi is a

small village. As there is no school in this village, the children are forced

to walk long distances to attend schools in the neighbouring villages. I know

that you are the ocean of compassion. Please construct a small school in this

village". She gave a piece of land of her own behind her house for this

purpose. Swami got a school constructed there, which was inaugurated with a

grand function. The mother was very happy. When asked for the next desire

mother Easwaramma hesitatingly said, " … if it gives you happiness, please

construct a small hospital." As per her wish Swami got the hospital constructed

and was inaugurated on a grand scale. When insisted the mother said She had yet

another small desire: "You know that the river Chitravati is in spate during

the rainy season. But, in summer it dries to a trickle and

people do not have drinking water. So please see that some wells are dug in this

village". Swami told her "I would not stop with these small wells and that I

would provide drinking water to the entire Rayalseema region…. She had never

put me to trouble anytime. Whenever she asked Me for something, She would come

back and enquire if she had given any trouble…… She used to be very much

worried whenever any Minister came for My Darshan. The situation in those days

was such that even a policeman with a red cap was enough to frighten the

villagers…. This was only the result of her sacred love for Me. That is the

greatness of mother's love." What a sacred relation! A dutiful son and a loving

mother!

 

(SHARING WITH SAI LOVE) RAM.CHUGANIRam ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp

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